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Exercises:  ARMY, NAVY, AIRFORCE

Indian Army Exercise with other countries :
Name Participating Country Units Date Location
Yudh Abyas United States Indian Special Forces United States Special Forces 16 - 26 May Agra, India
Nomadic Elephant I Mongolia October Mongolia
Yudh Abyas United States 27 March - 17 April Vairangte, India
Emerald Mercury United Kingdom 11 - 22 March Hyderabad, India
Yudh Abhyas United States 22 Maratha Light Infantry 25 Infantry Division 1 Guam National Guard September - October Vairangte, India
Indra II Russia 10 - 20 October Agra, India
Nomadic Elephant II Mongolia 5 - 14 December Vairangte, India
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Special Forces January
Desert Strike - April Rajasthan, India
Yudh Abyas United States 5 Gorkha Rifles Garud Commando Force 25 Infantry Division 6 - 23 September Schofield Army Base barracks, United States
Shatrujeet United States 1 Rifle Company, 21 Punjab Regiment Company, 2/4 Marine Expeditionary Unit 31 October - 2 November Belgaum, India
Himalayan Warrior United Kingdom Parachute Regiment Royal Marines 17 September - 11 October Leh, India
Yud Abhyas United States 5 Gorkha Rifles C Company 3/ 21 Infantry Division November Chaubatia, India
Hand in Hand I China 19 - 27 December Kunming, China
Indra III Russia Pskov, Russia
Brazen Chariots - March Rajasthan, India
Ajeya Warrior United Kingdom 16 Mechanized Regiment 3 Mercian Regiment 29 August - 19 September Salisbury Plain, United Kingdom
Yudh Abhyas United States 49th Infantry Brigade 9 Mission Support Command, California Army National Guard, 40 Infantry Brigade Combat Team 24 October - November 5 Honolulu, United States
Hand in Hand II China 8 Maratha Light Infantry 1 Company, Infantry Battalion, Chengdu Military Area Command 4 - 14 December Belgaum, India
Hind Shakti - II Corps 3 - 6 May Punjab, India
Yudh Abhyas United States Mechanised Infantry Battalion 2 Squadron, 14 Cavalry, 25 Stryker Brigade Combat Team 12 - 29 October Babina, India
Ekuverin Maldives 16 Madras Regiment 2 Parachute Regiment 18 - 30 October Belgaum, India
Indra III Russia 13 - 23 October Ranikhet, India
Yudh Abyas United States 62 Infantry Division 5 Parachute Regiment 4 Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25 Infantry Division 79 Infantry Brigade Combat Team (National Guard) 1 - 14 November Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, United States
Surya Kiran I Nepal Vairengte, India
Ajeya Warrior IV United Kingdom 3 Bihar Regiment, 83 Infantry Brigade B Company, 2 Battalion The Royal Welsh, 19 Light Brigade 20 July - 19 August Salisbury Plain, United Kingdom
Surya Kiran II Nepal Amlekhganj, Nepal
Shakti I France 2 Bihar Regiment, 99 Mountain Brigade 13 Mountain Infantry Battalion 9 - 21 October Chaubatia, India
Sampriti I Banglsdesh Assam, India
Sudarshan Shakti - XXI Corps 28 November - 14 December Rajasthan, India
Bold Kurukshetra Singapore March Babina, India
Surya Kiran III Nepal 27 June
Sampriti II Bangladesh
Garud Shakti Indonesia 19 Madras Regiment, 21 Mountain Division 13 Infantry Brigade 20 February -1 March Vairengte, India
Yudh Abhyas VII United States 2 Mechanised Regiment 2 Squadron 14 Cavalry, 25 Stryker Brigade Combat Team 6 Engineer Battalion (Airborne), 2 Engineer Brigade 5 - 12 March Jaisalmer, India
Shoor Veer - South Western Command April Rajasthan, India
Nomadic Elephant Mongolia Jat Regiment August 2012 Belgaum, India
Surya Kiran IV Nepal
Ekuverin Maldives 12 - 25 November Belgaum, India
Rudra Akrosh - South Western Command January Rajasthan, India
Ajeya Warrior V United Kingdom 4 April - 3 May Belgaum, India
Yudh Abhyas VIII United States 2/5 Gurkha Rifles, 99th Mountain Brigade 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division 3 - 17 May Fort Bragg, United States
Shakti II France 9 - 20 September Jodhpur, India
Surya Kiran V Nepal 23 September - 6 October Pithoragarh, India
Indra V Russia 17 - 28 October Jaisalmer, India
Hand in Hand III China 4 - 14 November Chengdu, China
Surya Kiran VI Nepal 5 - 19 March Saljhandi, Nepal
Sarvada Vijay - May Rajasthan, India
Surya Kiran VII Nepal Garud Division 18 - 31 August Pithoragarh, India
Yudh Abhyas X United States 17 - 30 September Ranikeht, India
Ekuverin Maldives November Maafilafushi, Maldives
Mitra Shakti Sri Lanka Indian Special Forces Sri Lankan Special Forces 3 - 23 November Colombo, Sri Lanka
Hand in Hand IV China 13 Group Army 17 - 25 November Pune, India
Nomadic Elephant X Mongolia 84 Airborne Special Forces Battalion 23 January - 6 February Gwalior, India
Al Nagah-Ii Oman Muscat, Oman
Garud Shakti III Indonesia 432 Battalion Kostrad Infantry 9 - 21 February Vairengte, India
Surya Kiran VIII Nepal Garud Division 23 February - 7 March Salijhandi, Nepal
Khanjar Kyrgyzstan Indian Special Forces Scorpions - Kyrgyzstani Special Forces March Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Brahmashira - II Corps April Suratgarh, India
Ajeya Warrior VI United Kingdom Kumaon Regiment 13 - 28 June Salisbury Plain, United Kingdom
Ekuverin VI Maldives Bihar Regiment 31 August - 13 September Trivandrum, India
Yudh Abhyas X| United States 9 - 23 September Joint Base Lewis McChord, United States
Sampriti V Banglaesh Binnaguri, India
Mitra Shakti III Sri Lanka 29 September - 12 October Pune, India
Hand in Hand V China Naga Regiment Chengdu Military Area Command 12 - 22 October Kunming, China
Indra VII Russia Red Eagle Division Independent Motorised Brigade 8 - 18 November Bikaner, India
Drad Sanklap - Southern Command 2 December Rajasthan, India
Shakti VII France 6 - 16 January
Sino-India Joint I China 1 February Chusul, China
Surya Kiran IX Nepal Panchshul Brigade 8 - 21 February Pithoragarh, India
Lamitye V|| Seychelles Indian Special Forces Tazar (Special Forces Unit) 15 - 28 February Port Victoria, Seychelles
Force 18 ASEAN plus 2 - 8 March Pune, India
Garuda Shakti IV Indonesia 503 Airborne Battalion 10 - 23 March Magelang, Indonesia
Khanjar ||| Kyrgyzstan March - April Gwalior, India
Shatrujeet - I Corps 16 April Rajasthan, India
Nomadic Elephant XI Mongolia Kumaon Regiment 25 April - 8 May Mongolia
Chakravyuh - II - Pivot Corps 6 May Suratgarh, India
Jalrahat - 29 June Guwahati, India
Megh Prahar - I Corps 14 July Mathura, India
Maitree Thailand 15 - 30 July Krabi, Thailand
Prabal Dostyk I Kazakhstan Special Operating Force’s Unit 7 - 17 September Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Yudh Abhyas XII United States 5th Infantry Battalion, 20 Infantry Regiment 2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7 Infantry Division 14 - 27 September Chaubattia, India
Indra VIII Russia Kumaon Regiment 59th Motorized Infantry Brigade 22 September - 2 October Vladivostok, Russia
Sino-India Joint II China 19 October
Mitra Shakti Sri Lanka Rajuputana Rifles Sinha Regiment 24 October - 6 November Ambepussa, Sri Lanka
Surya Kiran X Nepal Kumaon Regiment Jabar Jung Battalion 31 October - 13 November Saljhandi, Nepal
Sampriti VI Bangladesh Mahar Regiment 5 - 18 November Dhaka, Bangladesh
Hand in Hand VI China 13 Group Army 16 - 27 November Pune, India
Ekuverin VII Maldives Bihar Regiment 15 - 28 December Laamu Atoll, Maldives
Khanjar IV Kyrgyzstan Indian Special Forces 20 February - 5 March Kok Jhangak, Kyrgyzstan
Surya Kiran XI Nepal Ekta Shakti Battalion (Punjab Regiment)/ 28 Punjab Durga Baksh Battalion 7 - 20 March Pithoragarh, India
Al Nagah-Ii II Oman 7 - 10 March Bakloh, India
Bold Kurukshetra Singapore 31st Indian Armored Division 3rd Singapore Division 4 - 21 March Madhya Pradesh, India
Nomadic Elephant XII Mongolia 15 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles 084 Special Forces Task Battalion 5 - 21 April Vairengte, India
Thar Shakti - X Corps 17 April - 17 May Rajasthan, India
Maitree Thailand Northern Command 3 - 17 July Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh
Surya Kiran XII Nepal 3 -16 September Saljhandi, Nepal
Yudh Abhyas XIII United States 2/11 Gorkha Rifles 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team 14 - 27 September Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington
Mitra Shakti Sri Lanka 1 Mahar Regiment Sinha Regiment 13 - 25 October Pune, India
Indra IX Russia 5th Red Banner Army 19 - 29 October 249th Combined Army Range Sergeevisky, Russia
Prabal Dostyk II Kazakhstan 3/11 Gorkha Rifles 2 - 15 November Bakloh, India
Sampriti VII Bangladesh Red Horns Division 6 - 11 November Shillong, India
Danx - 50 Parachute Brigade 20 - 24 November Andaman & Nicobar islands, India
Imbax I Myanmar Red Horns Division 20 - 25 November Shillong, India
Ajeya Warrior United Kingdom 20 Rajputana Rifles 1 Royal Anglican Regiment 1 - 14 December Mahajan Firing Range, India
Ekuverin VIII Maldives 8 Gorkha Rifles 14 - 27 December Belgaum, India
Hamesha Vijayee - Southern Command 16 - 22 December Rajasthan
Vinbax I Vietnam 30 January - 3 February Jabalpur, India
Vajra Prahar United States Special forces, Southern Command January Joint Base Lewis-McChord, United States
Shakti IV France 2/8 Gorkha Rifles 2nd Marine Infantry Regiment 31 January - 5 February Mailly-le-Camp. France
Lamitye VIII Seychelles Southern Command 24 February - 4 March Mahe, Seychelles
Khanjar V Kyrgyzstan Indian Special Forces 16 - 29 March Vairengte, India
Harimau Shakti Malaysia 4/Grenadiers 1/Royal Ranger Regiment Royal Malay Regiment 30 April - 13 May Hulu Langat, Malaysia
Vijay Prahar - South Western Command April Mahajan Firing Range, India
Surya Kiran XIII Nepal 30 May - 12 June Pithoragarh, India
Maitree Thailand Kumaon Regiment 6 - 19 August Chachoengsao, Thailand
SCO Peace Mission SCO Rajput Regiment 20 - 29 August Chelyabinsk, Russia
Milex 2018 BIMSTEC 10 - September Aundh Military Station, India
Nomadic Elephant XII Mongolia 17 Punjab Regiment Unit 084 10 - 21 September Five Hills Training Area, Ullanbaatar, Mongolia
Prabal Dostyk III Kazakhstan 5 Ladakh Scouts 10 - 22 September Otar Military area, Kazakhstan
Yudh Abhyas XIV United States Infantry battalion, 6 Mountain Division 1st Battalion, 23 Infantry Regiment 16 - 29 September Chaubatia, India
Dharma Guardian I Japan 6/1 Gorkha Rifles 32 Infantry Regiment 1 - 14 November Vairengte, India
Indra X Russia Mechanized Infantry Regiment 5th Army 18 - 28 November Babina Military Station, India


Indian Navy Exercise with other countries

S.No Exercise  Name Participating Country
1 Simbex Singapore and India.
2 Varuna France and India.
3 Slinex Srilanka and India.
4 IBSAMAR Southafrica, Brazil and India.
5 Malabar USA, Japan and India.
6 Konkan UK and India. (Maritime)
7 Sahyog Kajin Japan and India (coast Guard).
8 Aux Index Australia and India (Maritime).
9 Naseem –Al-Bahr Oman and India.


Indian Air force Exercise with other countries
Name Participating Country Units Date Location
2004
Cope India United States Sukhoi Su-30 MKI Dassault Mirage 2000 Mikoyan MiG-27 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 16 - 27 February Gwalior AFS, India
Sindex I Singapore Gwalior AFS, India
2005
Garuda II France Istres Air Base, France
2006
Sindex II Singapore Mikoyan MiG-27 3 - 20 January Kalaikunda AFS, India
Gagan Shakti - 4 - 27 September Western Air Command South Western Air Command
Indradhanush I United Kingdom 2 - 13 October Gwalior AFS, India
Sindex III Singapore Mikoyan MiG-27 8 November Kalaikunda AFS, India
Sindex IV Singapore 8 - 22 December Paya Lebar Air Base, Singapore
2007
Garuda III France Sukhoi Su-30 MKI Dassault Mirage 2000 Mikoyan MiG-27 13 - 25 February Kalaikunda AFS, India
IndradhanushII United Kingdom Sukhoi Su-30 MKI 1 Ilyushin IL-78 MKI RAF Waddington, United Kingdom
Sindex V Singapore Mikoyan MiG-27, No. 18 Squadron 26 November - 13 December Kalaikunda AFS, India
2008
Red Flag United States France South Korea 8 Sukhoi Su-30 MKI 2 Ilyushin IL-78 MKI 2 Ilyushin Il-76 247 Garud Commandos 9 - 23 August Nellis AFB, United States
Exercise Desert Eagle I UAE September Al-Dhafra airbase, UAE
2009
Cope India United States Ilyushin Il-76 Antonov An-32 Mil Mi-17 Garud Commandos 19 - 23 October Agra AFS, India
Eastern Bridge I Oman 6 SEPECAT Jaguar 1 Ilyushin IL-78 MKI 1 Ilyushin Il-76 31 October Jamnagar AFS, India
2010
Garuda IV France Singapore 6 Sukhoi Su-30 MKI 3 Ilyushin IL-78 MKI 1 Ilyushin Il-76 14 - 25 June Istres Air Base, France
IndradhanushIII United Kingdom Sukhoi Su-30 MKI Dassault Mirage 2000 Mikoyan MiG-27 Ilyushin IL-78 MKI Beriev A-50 18 October - 3 November Kalaikunda AFS, West Bengal
2011
Eastern Bridge II Oman 22 October
2013
Iron Fist - Sukhoi Su-30 MKI SEPECAT Jaguar Mikoyan MiG-29 HAL Tejas Mikoyan MiG-27 Dassault Mirage 2000 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules Antonov An-32 Ilyushin Il-76 Beriev A-50 Mil Mi-8 Mil Mi-17 Mil Mi-35 February 2013 Pokhran, India
2014
Garuda V France 4 Sukhoi Su-30 MKI 4 Mikoyan MiG-27 4 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 1 Ilyushin IL-78 MKI 1 Beriev A-50 2 - 13 June Jodhpur AFS, India
2015
IndradhanushIV United Kingdom 4 Sukhoi Su-30 MKI, No. 2 Squadron 1 Ilyushin IL-78 MKI 1 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III 30 July RAF Coningsby and RAF Brize Norton, United Kingdom
2016
Iron Fist - Sukhoi Su-30 MKI HAL Tejas Suryakiran Aerobatic Team Garud Commando Force 18 March Pokhran, India
Red Flag United States 4 Sukhoi Su-30 MKI 4 SEPECAT Jaguar 2 Ilyushin IL-78 MKI 1 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III 28 April - May 13 Eielson AFB, United States
Desert Eagle II UAE 4 Sukhoi Su-30 MKI May 24 - June 3 Al-Dhafra airbase, UAE
2017
Eastern Bridge IV Oman Sukhoi Su-30 MKI Mikoyan Mig-29 SEPECAT Jaguar Mikoyan MiG-27 16 - 20 January Jamnagar AFS, India
Siam Bharat II Thailand 22 - 26 May Chiang Mai, Thailand
Sri Lanka Air warrior drill team 9 - 14 July Colombo, Sri Lanka
Pralay Shayam - Mil Mi-17 HAL Dhruv HAL Chetak 23 September Hyderabad, India
Indra Russia 2 Ilyushin Il-76 19 - 29 October Sergeyvsky Training Ranges, Russia
Blue Flag Israel United States Greece Poland France Germany Italy 1 Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules 45 Garud Commandos 2 - 6 November Uvda Air Force Base, Israel
Danx - SEPECAT Jaguar Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules 20 - 24 November Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India
2018
Gaganshakti - Sukhoi Su-30 MKI Mikoyan Mig-29 SEPECAT Jaguar HAL Tejas Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Mikoyan MiG-27 Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules Ilyushin IL-78 MKI 8 - 22 April India
Pitch Black Australia United States Netherlands France Germany Canada Indonesia New Zealand Singapore Thailand Malaysia 4 Sukhoi Su-30 MKI 1 Ilyushin IL-78 MKI 1 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III 1 Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules 145 Garud Commandos 27 July - 18 August Darwin Air Force Base, Australia
Bi-lateral exercise Indonesia 20 - 22 August Subang Air Base, Malaysia
Aviaindra Russia Sukhoi Su-30 MKI Mikoyan Mig-29 Mil Mi-8 17 - 28 September Lipetsk, Russia
10 - 22 December Jodhpur, India
Cope India United States 3 - 14 December Kalaikunda and Panagarh Air Force Stations, India


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